diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
index 2ff39ee2b812b..21ca312acebb5 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
@@ -899,9 +899,6 @@ void CheckHelper::CheckSubprogram(
     // See comment on the similar check in CheckProcEntity()
     if (details.isDummy()) {
       messages_.Say("A dummy procedure may not be ELEMENTAL"_err_en_US);
-    } else if (details.dummyArgs().empty()) {
-      messages_.Say(
-          "An ELEMENTAL subprogram must have at least one dummy argument"_err_en_US);
     } else {
       for (const Symbol *dummy : details.dummyArgs()) {
         if (!dummy) { // C15100
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/elemental01.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/elemental01.f90
index 24847760cd6eb..8a80727da45ef 100644
--- a/flang/test/Semantics/elemental01.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/elemental01.f90
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 ! RUN: %python %S/test_errors.py %s %flang_fc1
 ! Tests ELEMENTAL subprogram constraints C15100-15102
 
-!ERROR: An ELEMENTAL subprogram must have at least one dummy argument
-elemental integer function noargs
-  noargs = 1
-end function
-
 !ERROR: An ELEMENTAL subroutine may not have an alternate return dummy argument
 elemental subroutine altret(*)
 end subroutine